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September 11, 2017
Vedatrayee Dutta
Crime, Dissent, Human Rights, Law & Order

Killing those Voices

Why the people who raise their voices are being silenced, perpetually, asks Vedatrayee, a young Kolkata-based lawyer, and an eminent danseuse, reflecting on the death of Gauri Lankesh –...

September 1, 2017
Sunita Shukla
Crime, Economy, Opinion, Politics, Religion

The Vulnerability of Religiosity: How Fake Godmen Rule the Roost!

Nagpur-based Sunita exposes the chinks – rather cracks – in the armours of the socio-political and socio-economic structures. These bizarre figureheads continue to draw vulnerable people in the name...

August 30, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food, History & Culture

Patraani Machi and Macher Paturi: Parsi and Bengali Styles of Making Fish Wrapped in Banana Leaves

The Parsi dish Patraani Machhi, which literally means fish cooked in a leaf, has an almost identical cooking process as the Bengali favourite known as Macher Paturi. The spices...

August 24, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Twin Trees – XXXIX

Nilanjana retells a story of infant Krishna’s pranks and the divine grace in it, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Stories of Krishna’s childhood pranks not only...

August 6, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Cinema

Sahir Ludhianvi: A Soulful Love Poet, Failed in Love and Died, a Bachelor, Forlorn!

Sahir Ludhianvi’s divorced mother remained a great influence on him. Some even say he suffered an Oedipus complex. An interesting and intriguing, passionate and sensitive aspect of his has...

August 2, 2017
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy

Three Incidents, One Cause: Deaths to Liberate Tibet

Eswar tells us about the supreme sacrifice of Tibetan people to liberate their land. For the first time in the history of Mankind, a Nobel Prize winner died in...

July 20, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Naming the Children – XXXV

Nilanjana retells the story of the naming of two boys by Maharishi Garga, at Gokul, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Yashoda was busy feeding her baby...

May 28, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Cinema

Pankaj Kapoor, Paresh Rawal: Talented Actors, Celebrate Birthdays on May 29 & 30

Two versatile actors, Pankaj Kapoor, remembered for the clumsy detective role, Karamchand, won three National Awards, celebrates his birthday on Monday, May 29. Paresh Rawal, an actor-politician, has his...

May 26, 2017
Nikita Goel
Relationship & Lifestyle

Celebrity Marriages are ending: Is the Media Evil?

Why are we becoming a society of stalkers? Why is the media feeding us personal stories of celebrities? It is a question we all need to ask ourselves. We...

May 17, 2017
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy

Amma la: The Agony of Separation from Mother and Motherland

As the world celebrated Mother’s Day, on Sunday, it sharpened the agonies of separation of mother and motherland for the Tibetan Refugees, in India. Eswar profiles their pain, in...

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